Born Fighting
How the Scots-Irish Shaped America
$50.02
- Paperback
368 pages
- Release Date
15 July 2009
Summary
More than 27 million Americans today can trace their lineage to the Scots, whose bloodline was stained by centuries of continuous warfare along the border between England and Scotland, and later in the bitter settlements of England’s Ulster Plantation in Northern Ireland.
When hundreds of thousands of Scots-Irish migrated to America in the eighteenth century, they brought with them not only long experience as rebels and outcasts but also unparalleled skills as frontiersmen and guerril…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781845964979 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1845964977 |
| Author: | James Webb |
| Publisher: | Transworld Publishers Ltd |
| Imprint: | Mainstream Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 368 |
| Release Date: | 15 July 2009 |
| Weight: | 497g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 153mm x 26mm |
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An extraordinary and ambitious book, written with power and perfect clarity
An extraordinary and ambitious book, written with power and perfect clarity * Scotland Magazine *Powerful stuff … an absorbing book * BBC Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine *An entertaining and thought-provoking read * Scottish Field *A comprehensive account of the effect the Scots-Irish had on the American people of today … a scholarly work * Scottish Home and Country *Certainly provides some illuminating historical perspectives … definitely worth a read * Morning Star *A bombshell - or else the most brilliant battle flare ever launched by a book … not only an engrossing story but also an important work of sociological history – Tom WolfeJames Webb writes like Scots-Irish warriors take to the battlefield - with power and purpose, with courage and clarity. Born Fighting delights and inspires … he has written an extraordinary book – Randall Wallace, writer of BraveheartPopular history at its finest * Booklist *
About The Author
James Webb
James Webb is the author of six bestselling novels, including Fields of Fire and The Emperor’s General. He is also a filmmaker (Rules of Engagement), an Emmy Award-winning journalist and has taught literature at university level. A descendant of Scots-Irish immigrants from Ulster who emigrated to the British North American colonies in the eighteenth century, he lives in Virginia.
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